MintPPC

[xeno74]

I used this
https://github.com/rmottola/Arctic-Fox/ ... pc.tar.bz2

It’s with AltiVec support.

My packages are without AltiVec support.

arcticfox-45.3-2.en-US.linux-powerpc-ubuntu1604.tar.bz2 needs libicui18n.so.55

arcticfox-45.3-2.en-US.linux-powerpc.tar.bz2 needs libicui18n.so.71

[Roland]

@roland i had the same issue and did the check on the partition using de Adelie disk partition tool.

Thanks! That fixed it neatly .

@mintppc
The tool is KDE Partition Manager.

[mintppc]

https://www.u58733p55594.web0093.zxcs-k ... /minitube/

[mintppc]

I have a working installation of LMDE 6 PPC with the cinnamon desktop now The only thing that needs to be done now is testing on real hardware, as I run this system in QEMU Power10. It is slow as hell.

[MartinW]

Is there any way to force the console resolution to 1080p without using grub? Everything I can find on the topic changes the grub config but because I’m on x5000 and using uboot it has no effect. At least I think that’s why it has no effect.

I’m using a 4k monitor and everything is too tiny to read. Once in X I can set the scaling to 200% and we’re good but not only does it make troubleshooting almost impossible it really slows the boot process down too.

[mintppc]

I have no experience (yet) with U-boot. Maybe other people can chime in here.

from Google:
https://community.toradex.com/t/u-boot- ... ution/7620
https://community.nxp.com/t5/Layerscape ... -p/1593877
there are more posts of course

[MartinW]

Just to be clear, the uboot resolution is fine, it's when it hands off to linux that it goes to 4K but I've never been too clear on the exact process there and what is responsible for what. The text mode console is 4k, the X login screen is 4k, it's not until I get into user land X that my scaling takes effect. Weirdly, if I set X to 1920x1080 scaled 100% it looks awful. X at 4K 200% is fine. Go figure. My monitor itself scales 1080p very nicely.

[mintppc]

I think what you need is to pass kernel arguments for the boot process in U-boot. The following links discusses this:
https://unix.stackexchange.com/question ... -to-kernel
So to put kernel arguments for a 1080p resolution you probably need:
vga=799
Not sure about number
https://pendrivelinux.com/vga-boot-mode ... esolution/

[mintppc]

Not sure if that will work though as modern kernels set resolution automatically with kms. Maybe you have to switch that off.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Kernel ... odesetting

[MartinW]

Thank you! That last one got it.

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video=DVI-I-2:1280x720

in the bootargs environment variable forced the mode to something sane.

[EDIT] I had tried that but was lacking the info on what the parameter should be and how to get that info from the running system. That wasn't terribly straightforward with a partially booted system (for another reason), but I got there. Now I can set my PCI slot for the GPU since it's not in the primary slot and I've moved it.